臨危

臨危

Chinese

		to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	danger; to endanger
trad. (臨危)		臨	危
simp. (临危)		临	危

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línwēi, línwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟ, ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ ngai⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lîm-gûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: línwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linuei
    • IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: línwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linwei
    • IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ ngai⁴
    • Yale: làhm ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ ngei⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ ŋɐi̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîm-gûi
    • Tâi-lô: lîm-guî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: limguii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lim²⁴⁻²² gui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lim²⁴⁻²² gui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lim¹³⁻²² gui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lim²⁴⁻¹¹ gui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lim²³⁻³³ gui²³/

Verb

臨危

1. to be dying from illness
2. to face death or deadly peril